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- ↑ "After a number of false dawns, WA women's soccer stalwart Sandra Brentnall has finally hung up her boots for good and drawn the curtain on a decorated playing career that spanned 40 years". Weekend Courier. Perth: Nationwide News. 7 March 2014. p. 54.
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